Thesaurus results for COMMUNICATION

communication

noun

kə-ˌmyü-nə-ˈkā-shən

Definition of communication

as in message

a piece of conveyed information the latest communication from the crew of the space station

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as in contact

the state or fact of being able to exchange information regarding one's current situation we haven't been in communication with him since he left for the Alaskan wilderness

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Recent Examples of communication The actors had already been treading water for about a minute before filming began, making communication with the crew difficult. — Sameen Chaudhry, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026 For me, that meant spending less time waiting for communications assignments and more time building relationships, learning the business and understanding what mattered to the people making the decisions. — Caroline Johns, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 The offices of many of Forest’s senior figures are all based along the same corridor, which those behind the scenes say has helped create a social environment that promotes communication. — Paul Taylor, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026 Authorities said the initial connection happened on Roblox before the communication continued on Snapchat. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for communication

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Without a clear message from Warsh, investors began to doubt the Fed’s inflation-fighting resolve.

— Brian Cheung, NBC news, 28 Aug. 2026
And will teenagers simply migrate to other platforms outside the settlement’s reach, or into the direct messages the agreement itself exempts?

— Carolina Rossini, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026

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Other angles strongly suggest that the contact was, in fact, hip-on-hip.

— Graham Scott, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Roughly 20 to 30 plastic storage containers and a rubber spatula in the dish clean storage space were found stored as clean with sticker residue/food debris on their food contact surface.

— Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 25 Aug. 2026

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But talking about corruption in a moral or systemic sense – observing that the country is in decline, or that elites are out of touch – can be effective.

— Robert Boatright, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026
Parton, who died Tuesday, was instantly memorialized for her country music fame, glitzy glam and humanitarian touch.

— Rachel Siegel, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026

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